Term 1

Question 1

Mental health

Answer 1

State of wellbeing in which the individual realises his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution on his or her community.

Question 2

Physical health

Answer 2

Relates to. The sufficient functioning of the body and its systems and includes physical capacity to perform tasks and physical fitness

Question 3

Social health

Answer 3

Being able to interact with other and participate in the community in both an independent and cooperative way

Question 4

Physical development

Answer 4

Changes to the body and its systems ( changes you can see and changes you can’t see )

Question 5

Intellectual development

Answer 5

To the process that occurs within the brain and to the increasing complexity of the brain ( changes to the brain )

Question 7

Emotional development

Answer 7

The development of the full range of emotions and the optimal way of dealing with them and expressing them

Question 8

Physical development examples

Answer 8

• changes in height
• increasing size of the heart
• changes to sex organ function during puberty

Question 9

Social development examples

Answer 9

• learning behaviours such as table manner and using cutlery
• roles and expectations
• values and beliefs

Question 10

Intellectual development examples

Answer 10

• more complex as people develop
• memory
• language (the way it is used )

Question 11

WHO definition of health

Answer 11

Defines health as a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity

Question 12

disability adjusted life years DALYs

Answer 12

A measure of burden and disease, one year equals one year of healthy life lost due to premature death and time lived with illness, disease or injury

Question 13

Burden of disease

Answer 13

A measure of the impact of diseases and injuries. Specifically it measures the gap between current health status and an ideal situation where everyone lives to an old age free of disease and disability

Question 14

Prevelance

Answer 14

The number or proportion of cases of a particular disease or condition present in a population at a given time

Question 15

Life expectancy

Answer 15

An indication of how long a person can expect to life, it is the number of years of life remaining to a person at a particular age if death rates do not change.

Question 16

Incidence

Answer 16

Refers to the number (or rate ) of new cases of a disease/ condition in a population during a given period.

Question 17

Mortality

Answer 17

Refers do deaths in a population

Question 18

Morbidity

Answer 18

Refers to ill heaths inn individual and the levels of ill health in a population or group

Question 19

Social development

Answer 19

The increasing complexity of behaviour patterns used in relationships with other people